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Black & White Starters, Legendaries, Region Revealed

Pokemon USA recently revealed the English names of the Pokemon Black & White starters, Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott, as well as the two legendary Pokemon Reshiram and Zekrom. We also now know that the region name is "Unova" in English, whereas it was "Isshu" in Japanese. This is the first time the Japanese region name was completely renamed for the English version.

Speaking of renaming, I have updated the Pokedex (which had always been "PokeRep" up till about an hour ago) with the latest names and pictures of these new Pokemon, so check them out!

If anyone cares, they switched it to Unova in the English version because they assumed pokemon fans know Latin.

Isshu means "one diversity/variety" and Nintendo of America was like 'Well, we like that idea. Can we find an English equivalent to that?'

Apparently not, but they probably looked at the US motto of E pluribus unum (Out of many, One) and thought it was good enough. Or, you know, they probably thought they were being clever with this: Uno (one) Va (variety).
Or people like to think it's UNited States OFAmerica.

If anyone cares, they switched it to Unova in the English version because they assumed pokemon fans know Latin.

Isshu means "one diversity/variety" and Nintendo of America was like 'Well, we like that idea. Can we find an English equivalent to that?'

Apparently not, but they probably looked at the US motto of E pluribus unum (Out of many, One) and thought it was good enough. Or, you know, they probably thought they were being clever with this: Uno (one) Va (variety).
Or people like to think it's UNited States OFAmerica.

Get ready for all-new adventures with Ash, Pikachu, and a whole new world of Pokémon!
Join Ash as he meets new friends and never-before-seen Pokémon in the Pokémon: Black & White season on Cartoon Network! Watch the young Trainer and his partner Pikachu explore the distant Unova region with his new friend Iris. He'll also meet a new rival, Trip, as well as lots of incredible Pokémon he's never seen before. He'll need to put all of his Trainer skills to the test to challenge Unova's expert Gym Leaders!
The new season begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, February 12th. Then tune in every Saturday morning at the same time to watch new episodes. To start the season off right, Cartoon Network will be showing the first two episodes back-to-back, so be sure to watch for the whole hour!
There's even more Pokémon action to watch during the week! Don't miss Pokémon episodes starring Ash, Brock, and Dawn in the Sinnoh region at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday.
Tune in to Cartoon Network at 9 a.m. February 12th for the exciting premiere of Pokémon: Black & White!

Not the original,
but a copy,
a clone of the rival,
I need some Coffee,
In this life of survival,
my brother has died,
Even though my breath has sighed...